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Socially useless jobs
Dur, Robert A. J.; Lent, Max van - 2018 - This version: 31 March 2018
It has been claimed that many workers in modern economies think that their job is socially useless, i.e. that it makes no or a negative contribution to society. However, the evidence so far is mainly anecdotal. We use a representative dataset comprising 100,000 workers from 47 countries at four...
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The impact of matching mission preferences on well-being at work
Zoutenbier, Robin - 2014
A recent literature in economics assumes that workers differ in their mission preferences. These studies predict a premium on the matching of mission preferences between a worker and employer. This paper uses data from the Dutch LISS panel to examine this prediction for government workers....
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The desire for impact
Dur, Robert A. J.; Glazer, Amihai - 2004
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Homo reciprocans revisited
Zheng, Jin Di - 2017
Do reciprocal workers work more if their wage compares well to similar workers in the economy? Are they more satisfied with their job? Predictions vary from theories. With a survey dataset with a representative sample of the German population, I construct a reference wage and measures for...
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Goal setting and raising the bar : a field experiment
Lent, Max van; Souverijn, Michiel - 2016
We study goal setting using a randomized field experiment involving 1092 first-year undergraduate students. Students have private mentor-student meetings during the year. We instructed a random subset of mentors to encourage students to set a course-specific grade goal during one of the...
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Payment choice, image motivation and contributions to charity
Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Final version: 04 August, 2010
This paper examines the impact of payment choice on charitablegiving with a door-to-door fund-raising field experiment. Respondentscan donate cash only, use debit only, or have both options. Cash donations have lower visibility vis-a-vis solicitors than debit card donations. When debit replaces...
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The effects of performance measurement and compensation on motivation
Herpen, Marco van; Praag, Mirjam van; Cools, Cornelis - 2003
predict that the design and implementation of a performance measurement and compensation system affect the motivation of … compensation system and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is not affected by the design of monetary compensation, but by …
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Incentives and workers' motivation in the public sector
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006
motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts for public sector workers under different informational assumptions …
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Wage structure and the incentive effect of promotions
Herpen, Marco van; Cools, Cornelis; Praag, Mirjam van - 2004
as a wage determinant. We furthermore show that a promotion affects both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation significantly …, though in two different ways: An expected promotion increases extrinsic motivation whereas intrinsic motivation is highest … subsequent to a realized promotion. The relationship between extrinsic motivation and expected promotions implies that promotions …
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The self-perception theory vs. a dynamic learning model
Swank, Otto H. - 2006
motivation may undermine intrinsic motivation. The self-perception (SP) theory developed by Bem (1972) explains this finding. The …
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